Wasps, ants, and bees ( Order Hymenoptera ) are not necessarily necrophagous.

The mountain is mentioned also in The Frogs and there are references to the town and people of Delphi in The Wasps and The Birds.

Wasps of the genus Sphex ( commonly known as digger wasps ) are cosmopolitan predators of the family Sphecidae that sting and paralyze prey insects.

The two albums released to date are Wasps ' Nests ( 1995 ) and Hyacinths and Thistles ( 1999 / 2000 ).

There are references to him in The Wasps and Peace.

Both orators are mention also in The Wasps.

The father-son relationship between Philocleon and Bdelycleon in The Wasps and the husband-wife relationship between Cinesias and Myrrine in Lysistrata are other examples of Aristophanes ' ability to depict humanity convincingly in the most unconvincing settings imaginable.

Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions-3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010.

The Tigers have never finished a league season below 6th position, and are one of only four teams ( along with Gloucester, Bath and Wasps ) never to have been relegated from the top division.

With their first ever English Premiership title, they are only the 6th club to win the Premiership since its creation in 1997, joining the likes of Newcastle Falcons, London Wasps, Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Saracens.

The Spider Wasps of the subfamily Ctenocerinae found in the Neotropics, Africa and Australia are specialised hunters of trapdoor spiders.

" Wasps and humans have independently evolved similar and very specialized face-learning mechanisms, despite the fact that everything about the way we see and the way our brains are structured is different ," Sheehan said.

Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps or Pompilid wasps ( in South America, species may be referred to colloquially as marabunta or marimbondo, though these names can be generally applied to any very large stinging wasps.

Wasps are decidedly noxious: nasty-tasting and with a painful sting.

Wasps of the cosmopolitan genus Polistes ( the only genus in the tribe Polistini ) are the most familiar of the polistine wasps, and are the most common type of paper wasp.

The Wasps has been thought to exemplify all the conventions of Old Comedy at their best-structural elements that are common to most of Aristophanes ' plays are all found in this play in a complete and readily identifiable form.

July 2006 – Plans are also afoot at London Wasps for a new access route to the ground, allowing the expansion up to 15, 000.

Stadium expansion plans are now due in the ' new year ' according to David Davies ( Wasps CEO ) at a stadium travel plan meeting.

The four sub-categories represent the common names used in the order Hymenoptera, and are not necessarily natural groups ;: Category: Wasps contains all those hymenopterans which are neither ants nor bees nor sawflies.

* Carcinus: A tragic poet, he is said to have written an unsuccessful comedy about mice ( 791-5 ) and the Muse is urged to spurn both him and his sons-his sons, who had danced in the original performance of The Wasps, are now reviled as goat-turds devoted to theatrical stunts ( lines 781-95 ) and they are not as fortunate as Trygaeus ( 864 ).

as well as a 7 " vinyl single for Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket ( 1993 ) ( from the Wasps ' Nests ' LP ) that contains a B-Side, Rot in the Sun, a humorous take on Los Angeles, sung by Merritt himself.

In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to Wasps.

Loffreda guided Leicester through the group stages of the EDF cup to the semi final where they defeated Wasps in a knock-out game for the first time since the 1980s.

The league turned professional for the 1996 / 97 season when the first winners were London Wasps, joining Bath and Leicester as the only champions in the league's first decade.

Of all the Premiership teams, London Wasps have made a reputation for playing the competition format to perfection, peaking at the right time to be crowned English Champions in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008.

On 24 April 2010, Wasps also moved their home match with Bath to Twickenham for the St George's Day game in support of Help for Heroes.

There were high points for the region, 10, 000 turned up to watch them face European champions-in-waiting London Wasps, and the team finished a respectable 4th out of 12 in the Celtic League.

The local football club is Chalfont Wasps, which was promoted to the Hellenic Football League Premier Division for the 2008 – 09 season.

The largest crowd for a London Irish match was for a game against London Wasps on 15 March 2008 during the 2007-08 Guinness Premiership.

However it is not necessarily true that Cleon was exploiting the system for venal or corrupt reasons, as argued in The Wasps.

The second parabasis in The Wasps implies that Cleon retaliated for his drubbing in The Knights with yet further efforts to intimidate or prosecute Aristophanes and it is possible that the poet publicly yielded to this pressure for a short time.

Whatever agreement was reached with Cleon, Aristophanes gleefully reneged on it in The Wasps, presenting Cleon as a treacherous dog manipulating a corrupted legal process for personal gain.

Here is the wine list for The Wasps as supplied by modern scholars.

New forwards include flanker Mark Lock from London Wasps, Argentinian 7s and ex-Plymouth Albion flanker Martín Schusterman, Former Bristol Rugby No 8 Rhys Oakley from Newport Gwent Dragons, hooker James Parkes from Gloucester and props USA international Mike MacDonald, ex-Worcester who helped the Eagles to qualify for the World Cup, and Colin Noon from Biarritz.

But within the space of two years, Saracens had lost Leonard to Harlequins, Ryan to Wasps and Clarke to Bath and they were fast becoming a nursery for the more prestigious clubs.

After a day of games almost all of which had significant consequences in terms of positions at the top, and at the foot of the table, Saracens found themselves in the Premiership playoffs for the first time, squeezing Wasps in to a rare 5th place position, out of playoff contention.

The loss of Glen Jackson and Brent Russell for the opening of the season due to pre-season injuries represented a significant blow to the club, but nonetheless the season began well with a return to winning ways against Wasps in the opening day London double-header.

Wasps went on to host Welsh internationals Vivian Jenkins and Harry Bowcott, in addition to this national representation, numerous Wasps came to play for the England national side, such as Ted Woodward, Bob Stirling, Richard Sharp and Don Rutherford.

Then in 1995 / 96, with many pundits predicting Wasps could make a run for the title, Rob Andrew took up a lucrative deal to become Player Manager of Newcastle Falcons.

In 2000, Wasps reached the final for the third consecutive year, successfully defending their title in a 31 – 23 victory over Northampton Saints.

He played for Bristol whilst attending Bristol University and rejoined Wasps at the age of twenty-one after completing his studies.